…in Texas, no less: “All the pundits and bloviating Beltway politicos ignored Beto O’Rourke’s race against painfully long-term incumbent, Silvestre Reyes and said the young upstart had no chance. Even the commercialized progressive groups completely ignored his contest. But early voting went drastically in his direction and, despite Reyes, last minute, heavily funded (by the…

_A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows that Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which has faced intense scrutiny after the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, is far more popular among white voters than minorities. Sixty one percent of white respondents say they favor the law while 31 percent oppose, a mirror image of…

Everyone knows that opening a meeting with a joke is a great icebreaker. And at the annual meeting of Safeway Inc.’s shareholders, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Robert Gordon opened with a real knee-slapper: You know, this is the season when companies and other institutions are interested in enhancing their reputation and their image…

Another take on the Right’s drive to eradicate publicly funded education. http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com/2012_05_20_archive.html#7291729989717505580

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/07/479120/must-read-the-powerful-final-words-of-ecotopia-author-ernest-callenbach/

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